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so this is why we have romney talking. it's called putting jobs first, which is, of course, a play on the old clinton/gore putting people first. >> steve, we talked a week ago at this time the morning after the debate that it would only matter if it meant something beyond one night. it mattered what the romney campaign did with it. how has the romney campaign done now a full week later? >> well, they've had tremendous momentum off of that debate over the last week. i think that's one of the most effective ads that they've put out during the entirety of the campaign. one of the things you hear democrats now saying is you've got to go after romney. you've got to call him a liar. you've got to be tougher. you've got to demagogue them, you've got to hit them. and when you see mitt romney talk, that becomes all the more difficult to do. and i think romney's success has been compounded by a lot of mistakes that have been made on the democratic side over the course of the last week. so he's in the best week of his campaign. >> an
so this is why we have romney talking. it's called putting jobs first, which is, of course, a play on the old clinton/gore putting people first. >> steve, we talked a week ago at this time the morning after the debate that it would only matter if it meant something beyond one night. it mattered what the romney campaign did with it. how has the romney campaign done now a full week later? >> well, they've had tremendous momentum off of that debate over the last week. i think that's...
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romney can't really talk about his mormonism because that was the family secret. that's fascinating to me. we wonder why is romney so careful about what people call the hidden man and a lot of people said that's why. >> you also look into president obama's childhood, which is described as unsettling. >> feel about him in 2008, this same film, the choice x about him them. the deep er we dug into indonesia, into an 18-year-old mom who basically raised obama -- he doesn't speak the language. he's black. black is not good in independon. by 10, he's really on his own, living with his two white grandparents. >> it's hard to really get your arms around that. did he love his grandmother? z >> oh, yes. attachment was there. was there resentment? because a lot of kids get sent to their grandparents. i'm reading pete townsend's biography. >> the thing that comes out of the film tomorrow night, grandfather, alcoholic. grandmother, one of those alcoholics who comes home after work as a vice president at the local bank and herself drinks a lot. they love him. he loves them. but
romney can't really talk about his mormonism because that was the family secret. that's fascinating to me. we wonder why is romney so careful about what people call the hidden man and a lot of people said that's why. >> you also look into president obama's childhood, which is described as unsettling. >> feel about him in 2008, this same film, the choice x about him them. the deep er we dug into indonesia, into an 18-year-old mom who basically raised obama -- he doesn't speak the...
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romney is down here. when he talks, do not look at him, look at the audience. when he is talking, look at the audience. do not engage him, because it puts you guys on on the same level. did anybody ever say anything like that? was there any strategic point? it did make sense in hindsight, but it backfired. >> then the president came to have a discussion with the american people and answer questions about where we've been and more importantly where we need to go to continue to strengthen this economy. but, again, i think the president was entirely taken aback, as many of us were, watching somebody like mitt romney say something like i don't have a $5 trillion tax cut. i don't pledge to raise or cut taxes on the wealthy in this country. i love teachers. you know, i think we should have more of them. a whopolicy positions that disappeared instantaneously on that stage. i have no doubt, though, that president obama and vice president biden understand now that we're dealing with a guy that looks a lot like mndz romney and sounds like mitt romney, but we have mitt ro
romney is down here. when he talks, do not look at him, look at the audience. when he is talking, look at the audience. do not engage him, because it puts you guys on on the same level. did anybody ever say anything like that? was there any strategic point? it did make sense in hindsight, but it backfired. >> then the president came to have a discussion with the american people and answer questions about where we've been and more importantly where we need to go to continue to strengthen...
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and romney and the romney campaign has talked about increasing the eligibility age, and they've talked about means testing as well. they're not making it conditional. >> and on the other side, you know, democrats are saying we're not going to talk about raising the retirement age of social security or medicare until you guys say you're going to raise taxes. and tom, you make a great point. they are two separate issues. and they're two separate issues because even if you raise taxes to 90% on the rich, social security and medicare are still going under. republicans, on the other side -- it is about cutting -- the republicans on the other side won't talk about raising taxes. and so we have this standoff. and everybody's staring at each other, and nobody will come on tv and tell the truth. we've got to do everything. >> it's that standoff and those issues that so frustrate the country. a lot of people don't want to give up anything they've got right now, and for good reason in some instances because of their income levels and the kind of conditions in which they live. but others are willi
and romney and the romney campaign has talked about increasing the eligibility age, and they've talked about means testing as well. they're not making it conditional. >> and on the other side, you know, democrats are saying we're not going to talk about raising the retirement age of social security or medicare until you guys say you're going to raise taxes. and tom, you make a great point. they are two separate issues. and they're two separate issues because even if you raise taxes to 90%...